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Clubby Sports takes ad sales for All Over Bar The Cricket

Australian network Clubby Sports will represent the cricket podcast in sales and has a summer slate of sports shows, including a new series with Sam Harper. […]

Christian O'Connell's show trains six listeners for stand-up

GOLD101.7's breakfast host will mentor six listeners for seven weeks before they perform at Sydney's Comedy Store on December 3. The idea came from a listener's voice note. […]

Tubi greenlights ten TikTok-star shows from its Creatorverse Incubator

Tubi has named the first slate from its TikTok partnership. Twelve TikTok creators lead the ten shows, and release dates have not been announced. […]

Canadian broadcasters join Radio Ready in-car radio coalition

The Canadian Association of Broadcasters has become the newest member of Radio Ready, which lobbies to keep radio prominent on connected-car dashboards. […]

amaran Cam webcam adjusts connected lights on its own

amaran's new 4K60 webcam reads the exposure on a face and tunes up to two amaran lights in about ten seconds. It costs $249. […]

Podnews finds 1,778 podcasts copied onto Spreaker

A Podnews investigation says Spreaker's free RSS importer lets anyone copy a show, and monetise the copy, without the owner's consent. Spreaker points to its community rules. […]

Diffio web app restores speech in noisy interview recordings

Diffio, a browser tool from Ozni Apps, uses diffusion neural networks to separate speech from background sound in recordings that already exist. […]

Instagram tests 90-minute horizontal videos for US creators

Instagram began a test of horizontal videos up to 90 minutes with select US creators. The format, called Features, targets podcasters and comedians and links to short Reels. […]

Global puts six more podcasts on its Plus subscription

James O'Brien, The Crime Agents and four other shows get ad-free Plus tiers on Global Player and YouTube, from £2.99 a month. […]

YouTube tests a monthly Shorts bonus for creators who post steadily

An invite-only pilot pays selected Partner Program members extra for meeting a monthly Shorts upload target, with a view-based bonus on top. […]

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